Senior Software Engineer, Chronograph
Platform Engineering
$140-160k
+ Equity Participation
Portfolio monitoring solutions for private equity
Job no longer available
Portfolio monitoring solutions for private equity
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$140-160k
+ Equity Participation
101-200 employees
Company mission
To expand access to private equity asset class by empowering investors with superior private information.
Role
Who you are
- Our ideal candidate has a strong sense of ownership and enjoys owning projects from inception to building to testing to production
- We value people who take pride in their work and show an aptitude for learning quickly whether they’re familiar with our stack and tools or not
- Three (3) to five (5) years of professional software engineering experience, primarily working in DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering roles or similar
- Architected infrastructure and tools for production SaaS applications, particularly in a rapidly growing startup environment. Our core services are implemented in Ruby on Rails, Node.js, and serverless functions (AWS Lambda), so familiarity with these is a plus
- Vast experience working with public cloud providers like AWS. Preferably you have also operated production Kubernetes clusters and database systems (we use EKS and Aurora PostgreSQL, respectively)
- Developed and scaled thoughtful abstractions to help manage infrastructure as code, CI/CD workflows, and local development environments (we currently use Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Docker). You have worked with or evaluated multiple approaches in each of those categories, and know their relative strengths/weaknesses and when to reach for them
- Tuned and troubleshooted a variety of systems and databases, addressing issues related to networking (DNS, CDN, WAF, load balancing/reverse proxies) and other configuration/performance issues (optimizing database settings, identifying hardware-related constraints, balancing throughput/latency, using caching to speed up Docker and Webpack builds)
- Integrated observability tools that enable your team to easily set up logging, metrics, tracing, alarming, etc. for their services
- Written scripts to automate operational issues and improve productivity using Bash and other high-level programming languages
- The ability to evaluate different architectural approaches, make sound decisions given the pros and cons, and deliver a clear recommendation to the team
- Clear communication skills. You are able to help others on the team understand complex technical issues and are committed to writing high-quality documentation
- A passion for maintainable, readable, stable, secure, and scalable code, infrastructure, and processes. You stay on top of emerging industry best practices and technologies and know when they might be appropriate for us to adopt
- A collaborative spirit and a positive outlook when solving challenging problems and dealing with unexpected issues
What the job involves
- Bring your expertise to a highly collaborative, creative, and innovative team with a market-leading technology product suite
- Our engineers execute across the stack, although we are always seeking to provide opportunities that take advantage of individual interests and natural strengths
- The thread that unites all engineers at Chronograph is a focus on delivering great products that drive value for our clients
- We hire engineers with a broad set of technical skills, who are highly cross-functional and eager to solve a wide range of engineering challenges
- For this role, you would be placed on our DevOps team
- This team's mission is to scale the infrastructure that powers our platform and to empower developers throughout the software development lifecycle
- Your day-to-day work will involve a mix of software development and operating our internal infrastructure
- Executing on this mission enables the continued expansion of our engineering organization, user base, and platform features
- You'll be working with a nimble team of committed and talented engineers with an engineering culture centered on continuous learning, collaborative knowledge sharing, and both personal and team development
- Work with a team building and managing the cloud infrastructure that powers the Chronograph platform
- Maintain a first-class developer experience for teams by building/integrating tools in ways that are reliable and level-up team efficiency
- Monitor performance across our applications and work with developers on issues by reviewing logs, dashboards, and other monitoring tools
- Help shape the evolution and growth of our DevOps team. Many of your contributions will be at the backbone of our company and set us up for years of rapid growth
- Wear many hats, but we’ll strive to balance team needs with your specific interests and opportunities for growth in e.g. DevEx, SRE, Kubernetes, etc
- Elevate your DevOps expertise in an innovative engineering environment that values best practices and cutting-edge tools
- Participate in architecture reviews, document key workflows and concepts, and write playbooks to ensure teams can triage and own their services
- Continuously improve the performance, scalability, and security of our infrastructure, services, and tools
Our take
The private equity market is changing rapidly, and the need for high-tech data solutions is rising. Chronograph solves this problem by building and delivering next generation tech for private equity firms.
Chronograph's technology is geared towards portfolio monitoring, and is marketed primarily towards institutional private equity and venture capital investors. Chronograph's software automates labour-intensive processes such as data collection and analysis, reducing risk and saving firms valuable time and effort.
Many software solutions for private equity are limited by a lack of integration capabilities. Chronograph has set itself apart by partnering with LemonEdge, which has streamlined its integrations considerably and was awarded substantial funding in 2022 from the likes of Summit Partners and NASDAQ Ventures. This is a strong indicator of the company's potential and scalability.
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Insights
55% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Oct 2022
$20m
LATE VC
Total funding: $20m
Company benefits
- Hybrid Team: Choose your time in-office Fully remote options, ‘study Abroad’ program
- Vacation & Time Off: Unlimited vacation, paid holidays & sick days, 'do not disturb' time
- Health & Wellness: Top-notch Health, Dental, & Vision, on-site gym & bikeroom, focus on mental health
- Company Culture: Open communication, open office floor plan, quarterly 'Team Weeks'
- Professional Development: Customized development racks, accelerated promotion, promoted from within, cross-functional training
- Perks & Events: Regular social events, stocked kitchen & goodies, causal dress
- Child Care & Parental Leave: Flexible work schedule, generous parental leave
- Competitive Pay: Substantial annual raises, equity participation, company 301(k) plans (US), workplace Pension (UK)
Company HQ
Williamsburg, NY
Leadership
Charlie Tafoya
(Co-Founder & CEO)Charlie previously co-founded KnowledgePort Solutions and worked in Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He then joined Pantheon Ventures' Private Equity team where he worked for 3 years before co-founding Chronograph in 2016.
Michael Bridge
(Co-Founder & President)Michael began his career as a Consultant at Oliver Wyman before becoming a Principal at Lee Equity Partners, a role he held for 8 years before co-founding Chronograph in 2016.
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